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5 unusual facts about Evergreen Cemetery


Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside

William Sulzer (1863-1941) - Governor of New York in 1913 who was impeached and removed from office later that year.

James Vote Bomford (1811-1892), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General.

Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles

Cameron E. Thom (1825–1915), 24th Mayor of Los Angeles, co-founder of Glendale, California

Francis C. Speight

At the service's conclusion, a band played a dirge and the battalion presented arms as the casket was taken to Evergreen Cemetery for burial.

Shabbona

Shabonna died in Morris, Illinois on July 17, 1859, at the age of 84 and, in 1903, a large granite boulder was erected as a monument on his gravesite in Evergreen Cemetery.


Eastmont, Oakland, California

Evergreen Cemetery is located there, and is the burial place for unclaimed victims of the Jonestown mass killing.

Mary Pearl Willis Foundation

To mark the 30th year anniversary of the deaths, a memorial listing the names of all identified victims, which includes Congressman Leo Ryan, Robert Brown (NBC camera man), Don Harris (NBC reporter) and Greg Robinson (San Francisco Examiner photographer) was unveiled at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.


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Charles K. Williams

Williams died in Rutland on March 9, 1853, and is interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland, Vermont.

Lafayette Guild

Guild died in San Francisco, California and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery in his native Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Thomas M. Doherty

He died September 21, 1906 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery Southgate, Kentucky.